EGGS Oh My

 Hello everyone, 

I am not believing this, I have been collecting eggs from Lucy almost every day now. We went to make french toast yesterday and I cracked 3 large eggs and all 3 had double yokes. I am not believing this. Taste, just great. I am the lucky one even if her name is Lucky.

I have some new pics up for the free designs Sample page. Go and take a look. Her very first eggs are also in the mix, they were so tiny, just plain cute. Here is a pic of the lovely eggs. Two eggs are in the large bowl and one in the small bowl. 

Lucky's eggs--3 double yokes

We are getting ready to enlarge their free-roam area, cause my next batch of little ones are getting large enough to add to the other 7 hens. That will be a total of 13 hens and 2 keets we hope, not sure just yet, there might be a rooster in the batch. We have the room for them to be happy and free. I just love having chickens running around the yard. 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Update on Larry

Morning all, 

Chatted with Larry yesterday on phone. He is doing fine, wanting to come home for a few hours, but Rose Wood Manor has once again closed the doors to unnecessary people coming and going. So that is put off for a while. Other than that Larry sounds good and seems to be in good spirits. He said his phone is not ringing, so we have to go there and get the phone and see what is going on with it. 

We can see him from the window outside of the building, but he is not sitting where he can see outside that well, and then you can't talk back and forth. What a mess, this Covid is for everyone. 

Larry

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Lucky's first eggs

Morning to all, 

Yesterday when we went out to take our chickens outside I found 2 not 1, but 2 eggs that Lucky (our survival hen) laid last night. She stepped on one and broke it, the other one was just fine but, they were half the size of a normal egg. Don't think I have heard of a hen laying 2 eggs at a time. But she did. 

Lucky's First Egg

 

Back in Ohio our first egg from our hens was laid without the shell, a perfect egg just laying in the nest box. and here in W.V., she laid two eggs. Not sure I have heard about that happening before.

Now have to wait on 12 more hens to start laying some time in the spring or early summer. That is IF they are all hens, ya never know. And the two guineas what if they are M or F, have to wait and see.

Hope you all have a great day.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

More new chickens & two guineas

Morning everyone, 

Well, we got some more chicks and two guineas about two weeks ago. We gave them apple cider vinegar for a few days, and also gave them electrolytes to help ensure their health. They were so tiny when we got them, now they are all up and doing just fine. One is hidden behind the food container. All in all, 6 chicks and 2 guineas. 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

New chickens - August

Hello everyone, 

ok, here I go about chickens again 😉

Vince and I went to the tractor place and got 6 more babies, we are raising them the same as we did the others, but in a couple of weeks our shed will be here and they all will be able to go outside, keeping babies from the adult for a bit as they grow, but this time around there will be wire underground, all around the sides and over the top the kind of wire I saw my Uncle using for his rabbits. Not even a snake can get through that. I think it is called "hardware cloth", it is just rabbit wire to me. The shed will also be covered in it all over, so at least they will be safe at night, closed in the shed for night, out during the day, and later on free-range in my huge yard, now there might be a problem there, but hoping that having some black chickens will help keep the overhead predators away.

We will continue to carry the one chicken "lucky" in and out until the shed gets here. She expects it now. She is such a sweet hen to have been through true terror on two occasions and still settle down around us and the dogs.

2021-Aug babies

So here are our new babies. 2 gray, 2 black, 2 yellow More pics as they grow up. I would like to find a couple of easter eggers and a keet.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

ONE Chicken left- update - not all happy

Hello all, 

Here is an update on my chickens, the picture tells the truth. The picture is numbered for a reason, the first time we lost 3 chickens and the second time around we lost 2 chickens. Was not a pretty sight. This is the second time around he got into the pen this time, killed one and tore open the body, and ate parts, the second bird had a head injury and lived for one week before she died. 

We now have "Lucky" duly named. She is getting special treatment until our shed gets here later this month. Inside at night and out in a special cage during the day close by so we can check on her all day long. We have learned a lesson the hard way, but trust me from now on, NO land critter will get them unless a "bear" comes out of the woods. Never say never!!! 

What we had and what is left

We will get more chickens and our shed will be here later this month. Once it is all set up, we can sleep without any worries as we will have wire below the ground and all around the edges as well as all around the shed and cage, so at least at night, they can rest. There will always be overhead threats as the hawks are always around when they are out for free-ranging during the day. We will put corn out to help attract the crow as the hawks do not like them, seems crows will chase them off. Our neighbor down the street also agrees with keeping crows around. 

We are also checking out an electric fence.

Once we get new chicks, will post the pics here also. 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

No air conditioner

Afternoon everyone,

Just letting you know we are still here, just way tooooo hot outside to do anything, and the air conditioner quit working so for two days now and nights, we are taking cold baths just to try and stay cool. Way too hot to work inside also.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Follow Us by Email

Morning to all, 

I have now (I hope) set my site so you can follow us by your email. The sign-up is located on the home page on the left side at the top, just click on it and click on the link to follow us by email and a pop-up box will appear there you sign up with your email address. Then in your email account open the email that comes to you and click on the link which will confirm your email and you are all done. 

The next postings I put on my site should be sent to you. Fingers crossed!

Love and Prayers,

Margo